Near-Earth asteroid data help probe possible fifth force in universe
In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...
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Near-Earth asteroid data: Probing possible fifth force of the universe
Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...
Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...
Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
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Europe launches space mission in defense against city-killer asteroids
The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a ...
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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study finds
Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.
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Don't worry (too much) about asteroids hitting Earth
Hundreds of thousands of such smaller NEOs are yet to be catalogued. "We discover around 3,000 near-Earth asteroids [NEAs] every year," said Cano. "[But] we need [...] to find them quicker." ...
4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know
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Don't worry (too much) about asteroids hitting Earth
Any time you see a headline about an asteroid heading towards the planet, you can relax. Big and small asteroids fly by Earth ...
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Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt
It only took several decades. Dana Taylor: NASA is currently working on this space-based Near-Earth Object Surveyor telescope. It's designed to track asteroids and comets. The target launch date ...